Casa Fire
200627,424 acresNew Mexico
The Casa Fire burned 27,424 acres, about 43 square miles, across Colfax County. It began on March 1, 2006.
Watch how it happenedCasa Fire · 2006
How it happened
See how severely each place burned, revealed outward from where it started.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 0.5% | 143 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 99% | 27,215 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 0.2% | 66 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 1% burned at moderate severity.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Colfax County | NM | 27,452 |
Other large fires in New Mexico in 2006
- Mcdonald Fire92,781 acres
- Gladstone Fire44,105 acres
- Bear Fire34,722 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.